As the media, entertainment and gaming industries prepare for the predicted explosion in adoption of virtual reality, Gabo Arora, the United Nations’ senior advisor and creative director, is exploring uses of the emerging medium for social good. He has created a number of VR ...read more

A growing number of non-profit organizations are looking to technology to pull viewers into their cause. The 360-degree documentary Clouds Over Sidra, which tracks the Syrian refugee crisis, helped drive donations to UNICEF. Now other non-profits have begun to follow suit.But ...read more

At the SXSW Interactive conference each year, the term “Interactive” has usually been painted in huge, rolling strokes that cover any and everything from autonomous cars to music streaming and movie technology, and an endless landscape of apps. SXSW– with its mix of tech tools ...read more

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Future’s third edition of Need to Know, a series exploring complex topics like blockchain, 5G and artificial intelligence — and how they apply to each industry served by our websites and magazines.“We keep building new things on old infrastructure that ...read more

Published in June 2018, this Recommended Practice paper from the AVIXA security task group provides guidance and current best practices for securing networked AV systems. This includes recognizing risks in networked AV systems and developing a risk mitigation management plan to ...read more

It’s the largest indoor kart track in the world with 25’ of elevation changes and banked turns. It winds through a 155,000 square foot facility that also has a ropes course/zipline, 120+ arcade games, six VR racing simulators, a two-level laser tag arena, a dark ride, an ...read more

Blacksburg, VA—June 2018… Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is Virginia’s leading research institution, emphasizing collaborative education that integrates technology into all disciplines. Among the university’s most fascinating ...read more

Underscoring its commitment to expand its reach to more commercial AV resellers than ever before, ZEISS today announced the appointment of Stampede, the global leader in value added ProAV distribution, to serve as a United States distribution partner for their ZEISS line of ...read more

Survey Demonstrates That Organizations Are Betting on Emerging Technologies – From Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality, Streaming, and Better Pixels WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — June 7, 2018 — SMPTE, the organization whose standards work has supported a century of advances in ...read more

By Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel NewsThe race to build out “fiber in the sky” is on.The next-generation mobile standard known as 5G, the fifth generation of the technology, is poised to create a new platform that is not just faster, but is much more agile than today’s ...read more

1. It’s a new ecosystemFrom a systems perspective, it’s important to know that 5G isn’t just 4G + 1; it is a paradigm different from all the Gs before. Rather than transmitting signal over long distances via massive cell towers, 5G is likely to leverage its spectral efficiency ...read more

Continuing its promise to place innovative teaching and learning technologies into K-12 classrooms, Advanced Education today announced that it has been named the Canadian distributor for Veative’s educational virtual reality solutions.“Veative is a VR-focused education company ...read more

All-New Extension and Switching Solution for VR/AR Signals At InfoComm 2018, IHSE will demonstrate an all-new, game-changing solution to extend and switch immersive reality signals over long distances using Draco KVM systems. The new solution addresses growing interest in virtual ...read more

Following its initial introduction to the mobile market at MWC 2018, Dirac Research, the global leader in digitally optimized sound solutions, today announced that it will showcase its second-generation Dirac VR 3D audio solution to the US market at VRLA 2018 from May 4-5 at the ...read more

Sacramento, Calif., April 19, 2018 – Harnessing more than a decade of Barco cinema technology and market leadership, Cinionic, is elevating high-quality movie presentation to delight a new generation of moviegoers. At CinemaCon, visitors will meet Cinionic and be the first to see ...read more

New Tool for SpherePlay’s Launcher VR Media Player Allows Broadcasters to Offer Live VR Content and Linear Broadcast Feed Within the VR EnvironmentMONTREAL — April 4, 2018 — SpherePlay, developer of the leading VR platform for publishers and broadcasters, today introduced the new ...read more

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Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know stories appear on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, ...read more

Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and how they apply to each industry we serve, on our websites and in our magazines. Keep coming back for future topics, to include 5G, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and ...read more

— Keynote speakers announced to include Jean-Marc Jot, Ivan Tashev and Ravish Mehra —New York, NY — The Audio Engineering Society is pleased to announce the second International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality, taking place August 20-22, 2018, at the DigiPen ...read more